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Vinson & Elkins served as issuer’s counsel for Crescent Energy Company (the “Company”) in connection with an underwritten public offering …
October 9, 2026
October 9, 2026 • 1-minute read
Senior Associate
Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity
Zac’s principal areas of practice include private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate representation. Zac works with private equity investors, their portfolio companies, and a variety of other public and private companies in connection with equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures and other strategic investments. Zac has worked with clients in a wide range of industries and sectors, including the energy transition, upstream and midstream energy, consumer products, education, industrials, technology and infrastructure
The following is a list of representative matters in which Zac has assisted.
Crescent Energy in its $2.1 billion acquisition of SilverBow Resources
Harvest Midstream Company of a definitive agreement with an affiliate of Phillips 66 Company pursuant to which Harvest has agreed to acquire 100% of Phillips 66’s membership interests in Phillips 66 Partners Terminal LLC and Paradigm Pipeline LLC, which own certain crude oil and natural gas transportation and storage assets in North Dakota, for approximately $140 million
KKR in the $5.7 billion merger between Independence Energy and Contango to form Crescent Energy Company
Targa Resources in its $1.05 billion acquisition of Blackstone Energy Partners’ 25% interest in the Grand Prix NGL Pipeline resulting in Targa owning 100% of Grand Prix
Targa Resources in the $857 million sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary that holds a 25% equity interest in the Gulf Coast Express Pipeline
OIC, L.P. in its investment of up to $75 million in Nexus W2V, LLC, a platform company of Nexus PMG LLC, a leading company in the low-carbon waste-to-value sector, to fund the development of an anaerobic digester to a renewable natural gas project in LaPorte, IN and other waste-to-value projects
Tallgrass in a joint venture with Equinor to develop large-scale, low carbon hydrogen and ammonia projects in North America
Harvest Midstream in its acquisition from Ares Management of Paradigm Midstream, which owns certain crude oil, water and natural gas gathering, storage and transportation assets located in North Dakota and South Texas
The management team of Swordfish Energy Holdings in a $100 million line of equity investment by Pearl Energy Investments
Cresta Fund Management and its portfolio company, Sentinel Midstream, in the equity and convertible note financing of its Enercoast II joint venture with ExxonMobil Pipeline Company
Caprock Midstream, a portfolio company of Energy Spectrum Capital, in its acquisition of midstream assets from affiliates of a private oil and gas company
SCF Partners in its investment partnership with T.D. Williamson, a global leader in intervention and isolation, inspection, and pigging products and services
SCF Partners in its $600 million private equity fund specializing in oilfield services investments
Blackstone in its acquisition of Sabre Industries from The Jordan Company
TPG Pace Tech Opportunities, in its $1.7 billion business combination with Nerdy Inc., a direct-to-consumer platform for live online learning
Global Infrastructure Partners, a part of BlackRock, in its joint venture with ACS Group, a Spanish construction company, to develop and operate a global data center platform
SCF Partners on behalf of its portfolio company, Frontier Tubular Solutions, in a $30 million asset-based revolving term loan in connection with the acquisition financing of a tubular goods manufacturing company to the oilfield services industry
SCF Partners and its portfolio company, T.D. Williamson Holdings, LLC in a $120 million preferred equity investment from affiliates of Apollo Global Management
Lithium extraction technology company in the development of a commercial scale lithium project in Utah
Jonah Energy, a leading oil and gas exploration and development company, in a joint venture with Burk Royalty to acquire High Plains Natural Resources LLC, which owns assets located in the Northwestern Shelf of the Permian Basin, spanning both Texas and New Mexico, and produce primarily from the San Andres formation
Jonah Energy, a leading oil and gas exploration and development company, in a joint venture with a private oil and gas company to acquire certain oil and gas assets in the Hugoton basin
Cresta Fund Management and Sentinel Midstream in the completion of a new investment vehicle for Sentinel Midstream, a liquids pipeline platform across the Gulf Coast
Crescent Energy Company in the $83 million sale of non-operated Permian Basin assets to a private buyer
Energy Spectrum Partners VIII, LP in a line of equity investment in Renegade Infrastructure LLC, an independent energy company focused on the development and acquisition of midstream energy infrastructure for oil and gas producers operating in various basins across North America
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Deals & Cases
Vinson & Elkins served as issuer’s counsel for Crescent Energy Company (the “Company”) in connection with an underwritten public offering …
October 9, 2026
October 9, 2026 • 1-minute read
Deals & Cases
TPG to Acquire Majority Stake in Sabre Industries from Blackstone Energy Transition Partners
Vinson & Elkins represented Blackstone Inc. in its entry into an agreement to sell a majority stake in Sabre Industries, …
February 6, 2026
February 6, 2026 • 1-minute read
Deals & Cases
Vinson & Elkins represented Cresta Fund Management and Sentinel Midstream, a crude oil pipeline platform across the Gulf Coast, in the completion of a new investment vehicle for Sentinel Midstream.
September 3, 2025
September 3, 2025 • 1-minute read
Deals & Cases
T.D. Williamson Announces Strategic Investment from Apollo Funds
Vinson & Elkins advised SCF Partners (“SCF”), an energy investment firm, and its portfolio company, T.D. Williamson Holdings, LLC (“TDW”), a global leader in pipeline infrastructure technology and services, in connection with a strategic investment by funds managed by Apollo Global Management (NYSE: APO).
June 10, 2025
June 10, 2025 • 1-minute read
Deals & Cases
Renegade Infrastructure LLC Closes Inaugural Equity Commitment From Energy Spectrum Capital
Vinson & Elkins advised Energy Spectrum Partners VIII, LP in a line of equity investment in Renegade Infrastructure LLC, an independent energy company focused on the development and/or acquisition of midstream energy infrastructure for oil and gas producers operating in various basins across North America.
February 3, 2025
February 3, 2025 • 1-minute read
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